C70260 Copper vs. Grade N12MV Nickel
C70260 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C70260 copper and the bottom bar is grade N12MV nickel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.5 to 19 | |
| 6.8 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 760 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 to 650 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 16 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 46 to 140 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 710 to 1810 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 21 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.8 to 98.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 60.2 to 69.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |